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Adverbs are words that describe or modify adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs.

Adverbs change or explain adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs, making them more specific or more descriptive. They basically do the same thing that adjectives do for nouns.

Putting an adverb next to an adjective, noun, or adverb helps to answer one of several questions: When?, Where?, How?, and To What Extent? or How Much? For example:

-When: It ends tomorrow.
-Where: She lived far away.
-How: I read quickly.
-To What Extent: It was perfectly round.

Most adverbs end in -ly, and this makes them easy to recognize. And you can often make an adverb out of an adjective by adding -ly to the end. For example: carefully, beautifully, hotly, crazily, and so on. But don't be fooled. Some words ending in -ly are not adverbs; for example, the word "silly" is an adjective. And many adverbs do not end in -ly.

Adjectives are words that describe
nouns and pronouns.

Sitting outside on a freezing day on an igloo made of many ice blocks, the bundled-up
girl wrote in her secret diary while a tilting snowman watched.

Adjectives are words that add life to sentences. When you're trying to find them in a sentence, look for the words that describe what things are like. Adjectives answer these questions in a sentence: What kind?, How much?, Which one?, and How many? There are five kinds of adjectives.

*Common adjectives describe nouns and pronouns.
Examples: A big man. A furry cat. A clumsy dancer. A fierce warrior.

PRONOUN

Pronouns keep you from having to repeat the same nouns, pronouns, or names over and over. The word that the pronoun replaces is called the "antecedent." There are many types of pronouns.

*Personal pronouns are used for a specific person, place, or thing. Example sentence: Lulu went home after she saw the goat.

*Possessive pronouns show ownership. Example sentence: Lulu didn't know that the goat wasn't hers.

*Reflexive pronouns point back to a noun or pronoun earlier in the sentence. Example sentence: I asked myself, "Why am I doing this?"

*Demonstrative pronouns point out a specific noun. Example sentence: These are the costumes that Kamal wanted for the party.

*Relative pronouns are words that start a clause or phrase within a sentence. These include: that, which, who, and those. Example sentence: I never knew the man who carried the striped umbrella.
 

*Indefinite pronouns are used to indicate people, places, or things without pointing to any particular one. Examples: anyone, everybody, both, either, something, nothing, any, all.

INTERJECTION

Interjections are words that express strong emotions in a sentence.

Interjections often seem to shout at you at the beginning or end of a sentence.

They are used to show shock, surprise, or anger on the part of the speaker, and to get attention. Usually, they are single words.

 You will see interjections in dialogue between people who are excited for some reason. You are most likely to see them in places like comic books and comic strips.

Interjections are probably the easiest part of speech to identify. Unlike other parts of speech, they always appear with some sort of punctuation mark, usually an exclamation point.

This sets them off from the rest of the sentence.

Interjections should be used sparingly.

 Their function is to show an emotion on the part of the speaker or writer. Overusing them greatly lessens their effect.

CONJUNCTION

Conjunctions are little words with a big job to do: they link up ideas, in the form of words, phrases, and clauses, and they let you know how these words relate to each other. Some of the best-known conjunctions include: and, but, and or. There are three types of conjunctions.

*Coordinating conjunctions are the basic links between words or groups of words. Examples: and, but, or, for, so.

*Correlative conjunctions also link words, phrases, and clauses, but they're always used in pairs.     Examples: either...or, neither...nor, both...and. 

*Subordinating conjunctions link a dependent clause to an independent clause. An  independent clause is a complete thought or idea. A dependent clause is not a complete thought by itself; it needs the independent clause to make sense. But a dependent clause adds information to or gives a reason for the independent clause.   

Examples  of subordinating conjunctions include:  although, after, if, since, even though, because, unless, when

PREPOSITION

Prepositions join nouns or pronouns to other words in a sentence.


Prepositions are linking words. A noun or a pronoun always comes after a preposition. This noun or pronoun is called the "object of the preposition."

Together, the preposition and its object are called a "prepositional phrase." (Note: "of the preposition" is a prepositional phrase.)

 Prepositions tend to be words that help describe something, such as a time or place. Many - but not all - prepositions are little words. Some common prepositions include: around, against, before, between, over, under, in, on, of, at, by, from, with.

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